1958 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1958 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as an independent during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. In their second season under head coach Shirley Majors, the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 285 (34 points per games) to 28 (3.5 points per game). It Sewanee's first undefeated and untied football season since 1899.

1958 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
  • Shirley Majors (2nd season)
CaptainAndy Finlay
Home stadiumHardee Field
1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern    9 0 0
Rochester    8 0 0
Rose Poly    8 0 0
Sewanee    8 0 0
No. 10 Buffalo    8 1 0
No. 6 Montana State    8 1 0
North Park    7 1 0
Carthage    7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State    7 2 0
Carnegie Tech    6 2 0
Northeastern    6 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona    7 3 0
Trinity (TX)    6 3 0
Hofstra    6 4 0
Tampa    6 4 0
Abilene Christian    5 5 0
No. 8 Chattanooga    5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace    4 4 1
Louisville    4 4 0
Northern Michigan    5 5 0
Xavier    5 5 0
Washington University    4 4 0
Arkansas State    4 5 0
No. 18 Memphis State    4 5 0
UC Riverside    2 3 2
Hawaii    5 7 0
St. Norbert    3 6 0
Wabash    3 6 0
Howard (AL)    1 5 1
Pepperdine    1 7 0
Washington and Lee    1 7 0
Rankings from UPI small college poll

Three Sewanee players were selected as All-Americans: Dan Davis, fullback and captain Andy Finlay, and center Bobby Potts.

In 2008, the 1958 team was inducted as a group into the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1899 football team was inducted in 2004 and the 1963 football team in 2010.

The team played its home games at Hardee Field in Sewanee, Tennessee.

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